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policy magazines must read books.
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one of the famous things he had said to his foreign-policy adviser that she had heard about was allen who was advising him when heas running for sounonvif i 9 sd agfamously looked up and he said, we win, they lose. how do you like that? jeane heard that and she really real like that. so she got tknow reagan, who eval became part of his apparatus and she brought with him centrist democrats like yourself who had been alienated by what happens in the democratic party by the radical takeover and the defeatism and appeement mindedness that took ovthe democratipart d ye riemts ilel vigor and intellectual spinal cord to the reagan administration in foreign-policy particularly. and in terms of how i go to know her, or why i write about knerpersonally and i was starting a book publishing company in the late '90s and i thought, jeane kirkpatrick out to write a book. she was i a sense a sensei memory at that point but it was a go em of te m n phalea i d caught -- fought the cold war to victory and she had been one of the ones who really in some sense put the stake through the soviet heart. so i
one of the famous things he had said to his foreign-policy adviser that she had heard about was allen who was advising him when heas running for sounonvif i 9 sd agfamously looked up and he said, we win, they lose. how do you like that? jeane heard that and she really real like that. so she got tknow reagan, who eval became part of his apparatus and she brought with him centrist democrats like yourself who had been alienated by what happens in the democratic party by the radical takeover and...
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policy, and she in some sense was a realist in foreign policy, and i use the metaphor, you know, after she finally admitted that the soviet empire was done for, like a rubber ban that had been stretched to its limit and snapping back, and she snapped back, and her feeling was, america can be a normal country now. doesn't have to be on war footing all the time. had this normal sense of mobilization and the cultural and intellectual and political sphere. we can be a normal country. of course the neocons, the new generation, new conservative 2.0 were saying, there's still work to do. there's democracy to be promote all over the world and america will never be safe until that democracy is a given fact. and jeanne was very skeptical of that and all these little brush wars that occurred after the first gulf war, which she did support -- although a little bit reluctantly. haiti and somalia, she saw this as an invitation for the u.s. to squander its wealth, power, and military, and she was skeptical. so by the time iraq 2 comes around, she is really not on board. she was a good soldier for a m
policy, and she in some sense was a realist in foreign policy, and i use the metaphor, you know, after she finally admitted that the soviet empire was done for, like a rubber ban that had been stretched to its limit and snapping back, and she snapped back, and her feeling was, america can be a normal country now. doesn't have to be on war footing all the time. had this normal sense of mobilization and the cultural and intellectual and political sphere. we can be a normal country. of course the...
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in foreign policy, particularly. and in terms of how i got to know her or y i write about her -- >> host: yeah, why did you write about her. g: i t tonow r la '90s.nythng and i thought, god, jeane kirkpatrick oughto write a book. you know, she was in a sense a memory at that point, butt was a very good memory of a time when the united states had morally and physically armed yo k, orfought edar, aln some senseut and sohoht, well, this great book. i didn't know, of course, at that time that shead tried to wre a book righ after she left the reaga admintr tan rysiean shulot use theirst pe, singularas an enemy of jeane's. she couldn't bring herself to do the even sort of modest retion, personal velation sot hil go in aem d, k i her at great length trying convince her x she'd say, yeah, i'd like to, but i can't. and finally i said, i'll hel you. i'll do these extensive intervie and d basically a syus. ofr life ratr than as a creator of your own life. [laughter] we went along like that for, you know, quite a number of conve
in foreign policy, particularly. and in terms of how i got to know her or y i write about her -- >> host: yeah, why did you write about her. g: i t tonow r la '90s.nythng and i thought, god, jeane kirkpatrick oughto write a book. you know, she was in a sense a memory at that point, butt was a very good memory of a time when the united states had morally and physically armed yo k, orfought edar, aln some senseut and sohoht, well, this great book. i didn't know, of course, at that time that...
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and in some sense as a realist and foreign policy. i use the metaphor after she finally admitted that the soviet empire was done for. it was like a rubber band stretched to its limit, kind of snapping back. her feeling was well, america as she put it can be a normal country now. it doesn't have to be on war footing all the time, have this normal sense of mobilization in the cultural and intellectual and political sphere. we can be a normal country. of course the neocons commit the new generation of neocons commit neoconservative to pinellas people call it say come on. there's still work to do, democracy all over the world. it's a given fact. cheating is very skeptical of that and all these little words after the first gulf war, what she does support, although it's a bit reluctantly. haiti and somalia, she just saw this as an invitation for the u.s. to squander its wealth, power and military she was very skeptical about it. so by the time iraq to comes around, she is really not on board. she was a good soldier. for a moment or two she
and in some sense as a realist and foreign policy. i use the metaphor after she finally admitted that the soviet empire was done for. it was like a rubber band stretched to its limit, kind of snapping back. her feeling was well, america as she put it can be a normal country now. it doesn't have to be on war footing all the time, have this normal sense of mobilization in the cultural and intellectual and political sphere. we can be a normal country. of course the neocons commit the new...
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policy leading from behind and americans are tired in terms of the foreign policy. that is and what a leader does decide. we have a crisis in the euro that could bring down the u.s. economy. we have a joblessness crisis. there are a lot of causes the president could pick the would resonate with the public and champion them instead of taking the obscure dates from the progress of wish list like the health care reform. >> host: we only have a few minutes left. tell us about your biggest conclusions and what you might do next. >> guest: well, you write a book to have a good question for a year or so. you want to spend some time really thinking and this book is a great surprise to me. i was expecting to find something very different. i was expecting to find a much more determined leader, someone who indicates a new generation of american politics. if you look at the debates in 2008 between john mccain and barack obama use of a hobbled dwarf speaking at a war that injured 40 years ago that no one was talking about who spoke in the language of the u.s. senate this resolut
policy leading from behind and americans are tired in terms of the foreign policy. that is and what a leader does decide. we have a crisis in the euro that could bring down the u.s. economy. we have a joblessness crisis. there are a lot of causes the president could pick the would resonate with the public and champion them instead of taking the obscure dates from the progress of wish list like the health care reform. >> host: we only have a few minutes left. tell us about your biggest...
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americans are tired, i think in terms of foreign policy. as you said, that's not what a leader does. >> guest: a leader needs to select and decide. we have a crisis in the euro which could bring down the economy. the crisis of the dollar. we have a joblessness crisis here. there's a lot of causes the president can pick that would resonate with the public and champion with instead of taking on secure bids from the wish list like health care reform. >> host: we a few minutes left. tell us about some of the biggest conclusion from a the book and what you might do next. >> guest: this was book was csh you answer a big question and you have to play detective for a year or so. you want to spend some time really thinking about something. and it's it came as a great surprise to me. i was expecting to find something very different. i was expecting to find a more determined leader somebody who indicates a new generation in american politics. if you look at the debate in 2008 against mccain barack obama. you saw the hobbled dwarf speaking out about th
americans are tired, i think in terms of foreign policy. as you said, that's not what a leader does. >> guest: a leader needs to select and decide. we have a crisis in the euro which could bring down the economy. the crisis of the dollar. we have a joblessness crisis here. there's a lot of causes the president can pick that would resonate with the public and champion with instead of taking on secure bids from the wish list like health care reform. >> host: we a few minutes left....
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he's the leader of the republican party and the senate and foreign policy. it is pretty closely split. i believe there's a democratic majority but it's not enough to ratify. at this point the key is the 65i think. and that you cannot do just with democrats. you have to have lodge. he says i will vote yes with the reservations attached. and wilson all he has to do to get the treaty passed is read the reservation. >> host: do think he would have? >> guest: yes, as a matter of fact he voted for the treaty when it went up for reservations what happened is wilson goes out on a speaking tour in the country to try to persuade the country of a public storm that would overwhelm the republican opposition and on a speaking tour he has a stroke and is incapacitated but he was pretty far into the tour by the time it hit him. it wasn't generating any public pressure on lodge 70 come back and bring the treaty that with no reservations. all the republicans vote no and it doesn't pass. then they bring it up with the launch reservations. lodge votes yes, it deutsch and the re
he's the leader of the republican party and the senate and foreign policy. it is pretty closely split. i believe there's a democratic majority but it's not enough to ratify. at this point the key is the 65i think. and that you cannot do just with democrats. you have to have lodge. he says i will vote yes with the reservations attached. and wilson all he has to do to get the treaty passed is read the reservation. >> host: do think he would have? >> guest: yes, as a matter of fact he...
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the league well within the mainstream of american foreign policy. the senate has to ratify it. it and 80 of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. 80 is well more than enough to make ratifications. >> they need two-thirds. >> 64 or -- ratification is not hard in the scenario. you have 80. you need 64 or 65. okay. the deal baker. they shouldn't be deal breaker. very few people view them as deal breaker. he knows wilson. and lodge says wilson, you know, he might accept reservation on the principle. we can get the ratification easily if you accept it. and wilson says i will never except the reservations. lodge at the reds elevation of the treaty. lodge is the republican. >> from the other party. >> that's right he's the republican the leader of the republican party in the senate. the most influential voice. >> the partisan break down. >> it's pretty closely split. there's a democratic i believe there's a democratic majority at this point. the key is 50eu6. it you cannot do just the democrat. you ha
the league well within the mainstream of american foreign policy. the senate has to ratify it. it and 80 of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. 80 is well more than enough to make ratifications. >> they need two-thirds. >> 64 or -- ratification is not hard in the scenario. you have 80. you need 64 or 65. okay. the deal baker. they shouldn't be deal breaker. very few people view them as deal...
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the only foreign policy he has succeeded at killing bin laden. >> host: i also think that president obama has actually been on the same page where americans are in terms of iraq, drawing down, but as you said, that's not what a leader does. >> guest: we need to select in the side. we have a crisis in europe which can affect us. the crisis of the dollar, the jobless priceless here. there are a lot of causes the president had picked up would resonate with the public instead of taking obscure bits from the progressive wishlist like health care reform. >> host: we have only a few minutes left. tell us about your biggest conclusions and what you might do next. >> guest: this book was -- when you write a book coming to enter big questions. you're going to play detective for a year or so. you want to spend some time really thinking about this. this came as a great surprise me. i was expecting to find something very different. i was expecting to find a much more determined leader, someone who indicates a new generation in american politics. if you look at the debates in 2008 between john mccain a
the only foreign policy he has succeeded at killing bin laden. >> host: i also think that president obama has actually been on the same page where americans are in terms of iraq, drawing down, but as you said, that's not what a leader does. >> guest: we need to select in the side. we have a crisis in europe which can affect us. the crisis of the dollar, the jobless priceless here. there are a lot of causes the president had picked up would resonate with the public instead of taking...
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so it leak was well within the mainstream of american foreign-policy. they believed in it but wilson is the negotiator. he gives part of the treaty and then he comes back to united states and the senate has to ratify it. their 96 centers at the time in 80 of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. 80 is well more than enough to make the ratification. >> host: they need two-thirds. >> guest: two-thirds, yes. ratification is not hard. you need 64 or 65. the problem is the senate republicans led by henry cabot lodge who wilson had known for many decades, they don't want to give wilson a try and. some of them are opposed to joining the treaty and they have reservations about the sovereignty. many of them are willing to join the treaty with a condition. these reservations are not huge. the british for example will eventually say they have no problem with the treaty. it's not an obstacle for them. >> host: they are not deal breakers. >> guest: they shouldn't be deal breakers. v
so it leak was well within the mainstream of american foreign-policy. they believed in it but wilson is the negotiator. he gives part of the treaty and then he comes back to united states and the senate has to ratify it. their 96 centers at the time in 80 of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty and join the league of nations under some conditions. 80 is well more than enough to make the ratification. >> host: they need two-thirds. >> guest:...
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so indeed was well within the mainstream of american foreign policy. they believe dennett. but he is the negotiator and he gets a part of the treaty and then he comes back to the united states and the senate has to ratify it. eda of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty under some conditions 80 is well more than enough for the ratification. so 64. ratification is and hard in this scenario. uniques 64 come 65. okay. the problem is the senate republicans led by henry cabot lodge who wilson has known for many decades didn't really want to give willson a triumph. some of them are just opposed to joining the treaty. they have reservations out the sovereignty. many of them are willing to join the treaty with conditions they call reservations and these reservations are not huge. the british for example will say that they have no problem adding these to the treaty. it's not an obstacle for them. they don't have a big impact -- >> host: so they are not deal breakers. >> guest: they shouldn't be deal breakers. but henry cabot lodge no was willson come a
so indeed was well within the mainstream of american foreign policy. they believe dennett. but he is the negotiator and he gets a part of the treaty and then he comes back to the united states and the senate has to ratify it. eda of them have said that they want the united states to ratify the treaty under some conditions 80 is well more than enough for the ratification. so 64. ratification is and hard in this scenario. uniques 64 come 65. okay. the problem is the senate republicans led by...